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NIGERIA has dropped by four spots in
the FIFA World Rankings and are now
37th as a result of its unimpressive
performance in its two Africa Cup of
Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.
According to the September rankings
released on Thursday on FIFA's website,
Nigeria now has 642 points as against
673 points it garnered in the August
ranking.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
recalls that the African Champions fell
2-3 to Congo and were held to a goalless
draw by South Africa in the 2015
AFCON qualifiers.
With the, Nigeria are now the sixth-
placed country in Africa as against the
third place it occupied in August.
The 2013 AFCON champions are now
preceded in Africa by Algeria, Cote
D'Ivoire, Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal
which have 926, 879,701, 661 and 645
points respectively.
However, the first five teams in Africa
moved up in the global rankings as
Algeria is now world 20th, Cote D'Ivoire
22nd, Tunisia 31st, Ghana 33rd and
Senegal 36th.
On the global scene, there was no
movement either into or out of the top
10.
2014 FIFA World Cup finalists, Germany
and Argentina, have slightly extended
their lead over the chasing pack and
remain unchallenged at the top of the
rankings.
They are followed in third position by
Colombia, which has swapped places
with the Netherlands.
The Netherlands paid dearly for their
2-1 defeat at the hands of Czech
Republic in their opening qualifying
match for UEFA EURO 2016.
On their part, Colombia equalled their
highest-ever position, having previously
achieved third in July and August 2013.
Meanwhile in the top ten, Brazil (6th, up
1) and France (9th, up 1) have gained
ground, while Uruguay (7th, down 1),
Spain (8th, down 1) and Switzerland
(10th, down 1) have each dropped a
place.
However, this month's biggest winners
are Guatemala, which three wins in four
matches in the qualifiers for the
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 have seen
the team leap by 77 places to 57th.
The team's win against World Cup
participants Honduras yielded many of
those points.
With Iceland (34th, up 12), Congo (48th,
up 30) and Antigua and Barbuda (80th,
up 69), September 2014 saw the three
teams reaching their highest-ever
position since the ranking was
introduced in 1993.
According to FIFA, of the 141
international "A" matches taken into
account for this month's ranking, over
half of them (80) are continental
qualifiers in Europe, Africa and
CONCACAF.
"The other 61 fixtures were friendlies
and this takes the total number of
international "A" matches played in
2014 so far to 526. (NAN)

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